Tangification Highlight Function: Trace

Tangification Highlight Function

Tangification Highlight Function

The Tangification Highlight function will display the specific angle of degrees between the segments where they connect.
This is extremely useful when Tangifying the arc segment connections to provide a smoother cut between the arcs.

The Tangify function will smooth the connection between the Selected Arc Circuits that are below the specified Angle in the Tangify field to provide a smoother cutting transition between the arcs.

The Tangify All Circuits will smooth the connection between All of the Arc Circuits that are below the specified Angle in the Tangify field to provide a smoother cutting transition between the arcs.

Exaggerated Tangify Example

See: Tangify Function

See: Tangify All Circuits Function

See: Arc Tool in Trace

See: Arc Tool Definition

See: Splines Definition

See: Convert Arc to Splines Function

Tangification Highlight

Displaying the Tangification Highlight Function

Displaying the Tangification Highlight Function

Have the desired design on the screen.
If not already displays, select Options > Show Control Points to turn on displaying the Control Points of each segment.

Control Points are the dots in the corners of a selected object which can be used to Edit it.

Control Points in Trace are displayed as colored Dots on the Segments that make up the Object. Beginning/End Points are Blue and Center Points are Green. These can be toggled on/off in the Options menu.

Moving these Control Points will change the shape of the element being moved.

Control Points on Bounding Rectangle are displayed as darker dots on the corners of the Bounding Rectangle of the selected Object that can be used to edit the object.

See: Bounding Rectangle Definition

Click on the Tangification Highlight toggle.
The design will now display the specific angle of degrees between the segments where they connect.

Adjusting the Tangification

Adjusting the Tangification